How Naples Shortlist builds a shortlist.
Useful local recommendations depend on clear sourcing, honest labels and regular updates. These are the standards behind the guides.
Research before selection.
We use primary sources whenever practical: official business websites and booking pages, government park pages, museums and attractions, and official visitor organizations. We use those sources to establish published services, locations, access information and other factual details.
Recommendations are one input.
Published research is combined with each place’s fit for the guide and recommendations from the Naples Shortlist team. Team recommendations are not the sole basis. The publisher makes the final inclusion decisions.
No invented rankings.
Unless a guide explicitly states otherwise, entries appear alphabetically. We do not turn alphabetical position into a score, public vote, award or claim that one business is objectively better than another.
Focused pages stay focused.
A specialized guide may contain fewer than ten businesses when the published evidence supports fewer relevant entries. We would rather publish a shorter useful page than pad a list with weak matches.
Facts can change.
Services, menus, prices, hours, ownership, park access and availability can change. Readers should make the last check with the official source. When we find material changes, the relevant page should be updated rather than preserve an outdated claim.
Sources should be visible.
Business and destination profiles link to an official or primary source so readers—and search systems—can verify the underlying information.